Starfield’s system requirements put my gaming PC to the test, and it barely survived

There I was thinking that I owned a killer gaming PC—a beast of a machine that had effortlessly conquered every competitive title I’d thrown at it, from Dota 2 to VALORANT. When I first built my gaming rig in 2016, with an NVIDIA GTX 1070, it was a point of pride, a testament to my dedication to my craft: Competitive gaming.

Then came Sept. 1, which brought Starfield’s early access launch to millions of players. I was ready to embark on this interstellar journey with modest expectations. Even though I thought highly of my gaming PC, I knew it would be an uphill battle, and I was fine with whatever frame rate it could muster. After all, my PC satisfied the minimum requirements of Starfield, so what could go wrong?

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